Both Uses of
resume
in
Gulliver's Travels
- I have often beheld two of those sages almost sinking under the weight of their packs, like pedlars among us, who, when they met in the street, would lay down their loads, open their sacks, and hold conversation for an hour together; then put up their implements, help each other to resume their burdens, and take their leave.†
Chpt 3
- In this council was resumed their old debate, and indeed the only debate that ever happened in their country; whereof my master, after his return, give me a very particular account.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(resume) begin or take on again